Ben Chapman - The Original Creature from the Black Lagoon

An interview with Ben Chapman, one of the last living actors to portray The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).

Here he speaks about making the film, which actor was originally up for the Creature, and surviving -40 degree temperatures during the Korean War.

Sadly, Ben Chapman passed away February 21, 2008. Nearly six years after this interview.

Produced and directed by Stuart Basinger.

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[Snowman8266]

Where was this convention takin place?

[RaftCoveProductions]

Monster Bash. The convention meets every year around the last weekend in June in Pittsburgh, PA.

[pyro2393]

does anyone know where i can watch this freakin movie. i wanna see this so damn bad!!!

[RaftCoveProductions]

The Creature from the Black Lagoon can be found on DVD at just about any rental or retail store.

[hyperZero1832]

My favorite monster! Ben Chapman was a class act. God bless him.

[suprememoius]

Yes of course! I am a idiot for not knowing everything about that guy.

Not like you, oh mighty youtube commenter.

[rolex452]

Nice work! Actor Ben Chapman was a fine man, as evidenced by this interview. Actors had to go through torture wearing these horrible rubber suits and tons of makeup and prosthetics to perform their part. They did their part!

[rustkeeper]

@markaitjay looks just like him!!!

[markaitjay]

hey is that mermaid man?

[iltizzone]

0:32 The French poster shows the original translated title : "La créature des marais" (creature of the swamps). Later on french TV the title became "la créature du lac noir" (... of the black lake).

Because the french word "lagon" has a paradisiac meaning, "lagon noir" would have been a ridiculous title.

[ScarPredator040365]

I may not have met Ben Chapman, but I met Juila Adams and got her autograph.

[ScarPredator040365]

He was a great Gillman

[horrorfright]

1950s

[suprememoius]

I didnt say anything about any army.

I just thought that the guy in 0:07 was a zombie from land of the dead.

It seems that you misunderstod what I said.

[KillerCrewFilms]

he says it an the interview num nuts, i dont know why you said army when in the interview he cleary says us marines

might faggot